Minecraft mines and crafts its way onto PlayStation 3 tomorrow

Minecraft: PS3 Edition launches December 17

The long-awaited Minecraft: PS3 Edition chisels its way to PlayStation 3 consoles in North America December 17 (and December 18 in the UK and Europe), developer Mojang has revealed.

The PS3 version of Minecraft is identical to and will cost about the same as the Xbox 360 edition, Mojang Chief Word Officer Owen Hill wrote in a blog post. They'll be developed in tandem from now on so neither will jump ahead feature-wise.